Mountain-Top

All roads lead to the top of the mountain, and it's arrogant to believe that one does and another doesn't.

That's what some authors and celebs endorsing 'New Spirituality' want us to think. Oprah, Deepak, Ekhart and others look down on me and other 'one way' Christians with distain because we believe in the words of Jesus, "I am the way" (John 14:6). To them, Jesus is a way up the mountain to get to God, heaven, nirvana, happiness, fulfillment, what have you. My belief is narrow and antiquated in our day of tolerance and agreement between religions. Their view is accepting and accommodating toward everyone, treating all people and religions with equal dignity.
But that's not true.

In attempt to become accommodating, what they're doing is throwing daggers at everybody. Christians, Jews and Muslims each have, wrapped up fundamentally in their beliefs, the doctrine that they're right and the others are wrong. For these 'new spiritualists' to say that everybody's right is to knock the legs right out from under these faiths. Since they can't say that Jews, Muslims and Christians are equally right, what they're saying is that we're equally wrong and that THEY'RE right. They're buying in to the same arrogance they accuse us of. At least, as a Christian, I am honest about my ideological exclusivity. These people promote 'unity' by condemning anyone who doesn't agree with them. They don't offer unity, but rather another method of separation.

'All roads lead to the top of the mountain'. Says who? How can we trust that what Oprah says is true? Has she had a message from an Objective Source? Is she claiming to be that Objective Source? What I'm asking is, has Oprah seen the mountain and the mountain top, or is she simply assuming that she knows better than other promoters of exclusive ideologies, her fellow sojourners? Admittedly, Oprah, Deepak and Ekhart are fellow sojourners, not gods but 'blind guides'.

Knowing the mountain, the mountain top, and where the various roads dead-end (or don't) requires an objective point of view - one that we humbly lack as humans. We are at the mercy of One Who can tell us and lead us to the mountain top, Who can help us avoid the pitfalls and traps, Who can give us direction to the top. As a Christian, I believe that One is Jesus Christ Who, as God, has the whole mountain view. He invites us, 'Do you want to be reconciled with the Father? Then come through me. No other path will bring you all the way in - I am the way'.
Now the Muslim and the Jew - they have their paths. Will those paths lead to God? No. They'll lead them to other gods, doomed to destruction. But the invitation is to the Muslim and Jew as well, to Oprah, Ekhart, Deepak and you - come to God and be reconciled to Him through Jesus. There's no other way to the mountain top, but thank God that there IS a way!